Paolo, if this isn't the correct forum for this, my bad...it seemed most appropriate.

I am a member of the BME (who hosts the archive) IAM site. One of the things people on there do is help Shannon (who runs BME) review modification experiences. Recently I was looking through these and found one named "Students" under the castration/nullification section. I clicked it, only to find that it was actually my story "Back on Campus" that I posted here some time ago.

Needless to say, I am not pleased. Had I been asked first, I would have been more than happy to give permission to repost the story, and it's not hard to get in contact with me - my ID on the Archive is right there with the story and sending messages to me is not difficult. I realize that I posted it to a public place and as such things like copyright don't really apply, and I don't really care about them. What burns me is that this ...person... has attempted to gain free access to a pay site by taking credit for a work he did not create.

I learned in second grade that plagiarism was unacceptable, so, bucko (bareback29w@gmx.at), screw you (http://www.goatse.cx). Anybody else, please ask before reposting anything, and at the very least, credit the original author.

End rant.

Zoroaster,

You'll have to take that one up with Shannon. Bryan, Talula and I have no control over what goes on over on Shannon's boxes and his side of the BME Universe. If one of your stories was copied and submitted to THERE, then yes you have every right to be angry. Shannon or someone on his team will have to be the ones who take up the issue, however, as we cannot do that.

In fact, I would be hot to have Shannon do just that, and take care of the one who did it. If it was an Archive user, please advise me. THAT part of it I CAN handle. It sounds to me like someone trying to gain free access to that part of BME.

Shannon does (or will) know about it; I mentioned in the comments section. I wasn't trying to imply that you guys needed to do anything about it; all I know about the guy was his email address anyway. This was more of a general rant and reminder of basic courtesy to at least one person who's been here who evidently didn't learn about such things when they should have.

Zoroaster (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2002 2:19 pm I realize that I posted it to a public place and as such things like copyright don't really apply, and I don't really care about them.

Actually such things as Copyright do very much apply.

The Berne Convention (the treaty which most of the countries in the world are signatory to, and which sets copyright rules in most of the world) definately says that your original work here is copyrighted.

Here's a quick reference to some of the more important points about copyright and the internet. BTW, this is the same reference that Shannon has referred people to . . .

Copymyths (http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html)

Take care,

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Then I should say, I don't really care about the copyright stuff...as far as I'm concerned, my stories are more or less public domain. I just don't want people claiming to have written them when they didn't or using them to get into pay sites.